KERSHAW – One of the first topics on the agenda of the Kershaw Town Council meeting Monday, Jan. 26, was the ongoing discussion of the former Springs Industries mill site, which has been called an eyesore, nuisance and public hazard.

Standing barefoot in a cold parking lot, with only a blanket and her nightgown to keep her warm, Verleen Hayden stood helpless and watched as a horde of firefighters descended on her small apartment building to battle a blaze early Monday morning, Jan. 26.

A S.C. Administrative Law Court judge has dismissed an appeal by Pressley’s Recycling Center/Crisis Hill to protest a S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control cease-and-desist order filed last year.

After more than a week of searching for suspects and tracking down leads, three people have been arrested for the Jan. 14 home invasion and failed armed robbery of a couple inside their Edgemont Drive home.

HEATH SPRINGS – Although a proposed propane terminal won’t be located within town limits, members of Heath Springs Town Council still expressed concerns about the matter at their Tuesday, Jan. 20, meeting.

Lancaster County school board members made it easier for parents to seek permission to transfer their children to another school in the district with approval Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, of a new online transfer request system.